Why Does SDS hate Franchise mode and its Players?

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@nflman2033_mlbts said in Why Does SDS hate Franchise mode and its Players?:

@red_ted_is_back said in Why Does SDS hate Franchise mode and its Players?:

@nflman2033_mlbts said in Why Does SDS hate Franchise mode and its Players?:

Franchise mode doesn't have as many players as DD, because it's gone completely stale. I say it's at least 60/40 a revenue thing. Franchise players maybe the minority, but they are the unsilent minority, I'm seeing it everywhere people complaining for tears that it's not being touched.

Fact is, it will take competitors to try and come in and motivate them to improve Franchise mode. And it's just not going to happen.

Another good point but it comes down again to the question ‘now that franchise players are a much smaller percentage of users than they used to be (and probably getting even smaller) and presently not an ongoing revenue stream, what is the financial impact if they stop buying our game and switch to a competitor?’

If it's just for Franchise, not much at all, but if they can offer a fun competitive game. It could push SDS. I just want the option, I miss 2005 when we had at least 3 or 4 viable options to choose from for a base game.

The problem with a lack of competition is that now your fanbase ends up with extremely high expectations every year since you are the only game in town.

Choice is always a good thing. When we all had choices in 2004 and 2005, it became a lot easier to switch to a different baseball game if another studio was in the process of overhauling one of their modes (like SDS is with Franchise right now). Fans were able to have breathing room and tempered expectations when a studio decided to focus on something else for that year's development cycle.